Are Cookie Dough Oreos even BETTER than regular Oreos? FEMAIL puts them to the test...

The much-hyped Cookie Dough Oreos don't hit stores for another week. But in the interests of research, the FEMAIL team have got their hands on a packet in order to put them to the test.

But while the new cookies promised to represent a new snack aisle must-have, the verdicts have been mixed to say the least.

Critics of the treats found them sweeter than the regular cookies - too sweet, while fans decreed them 'almost better than the real thing'.

Taste test: The much-hyped Cookie Dough Oreos don't hit stores for another week. But in the interests of research, the FEMAIL team have got their hands on a packet in order to put them to the test

One tester told us: 'I had high expectations for the cookie dough-flavored Oreo, which sounds like a combination of everything that is good in this world. But the overload of sugary sweetness was just too much, even for a sweet tooth like me. The creamy filling tasted like cake frosting, and it had a kind of coffee-flavored aftertaste, which was unexpected.'

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'So sickening sweet. The filling tastes
like artificial hazelnut, not like any chocolate chip cookie dough I’ve
ever made. I would much prefer the original Oreo over the new flavors.'

But the cookie dough Oreo did have its fans. And ardent ones.

'Wow! These are
delicious,' one said. 'All the flavor of fresh homemade cookie dough sandwiched
between the classic crunch of two Oreo wafers. Give me more!'

Rave reviews: Launching simultaneously with the Cookie Dough flavor is a limited Marshmallow Crispy variety. This cookie looks rather like a Golden Oreo, with a yellow cookie and white filling

The cookies themselves only look
marginally different from those that America has loved since 1912. The
dark chocolate discs are exactly the same as the traditional kind. The
filling, however, is light brown, the hue of milky coffee, and studded
with chocolate chips.

Launching simultaneously with the Cookie Dough flavor is a limited Marshmallow Crispy variety.

This cookie looks rather like a Golden Oreo, with a yellow cookie and white filling. And, in fact, it had more positive feedback than the cookie dough.

'I thought the cookie dough Oreo was going to be great, but it was way too sweet,' one taster said. 'But the marshmallow crispy was AMAZING. Almost as good as the real thing.'

'The marshmallow one was a delicious throwback to childhood snacktime, which often consisted of a chewy Rice Krispie treat,' said another. 'I was a huge fan of the filling’s crispy texture and subtle marshmallowy taste.'